ARIA updates and input requested

I think I am done with most of what I plan to add for the next release.
none of this is tested so I needed to test everything myself before a beta can begin.

some changes I added yesterday evening:
-finished the first implementation of the map that can effect the space battle.
-there are 4 exploration areas, but only 3 are playable so far. 2 station maps, and 1 asteroid map. the other is a random space map with no walls, you may just get lucky and may find something floating in space.
-4 main girls can now get injured in exploration, raid, or space combat. them recovering will be priority over any other order you given them besides punishment.
-without Goo and/or Remi there is only a 1/3 chance that they will recover when you assign them the order to recover.
-recovering restores a lot of fatigue, and consumes a lot of food.
-2 new ships are added one simply controls if the enemy the shields are active during the battle. And the other ship increases enemy laser damage, firing rate and direct lock-on damage. they both can be removed with raids.

things I will add before next release:
-when you battle with Jeo all girls obey and loves raises slightly
-if you crash a exploration pod you will need to rebuild one.
-recovering will consume medical pack or something. and you will need to make more to recover the girls.
-dialogue segments that happen after each day, or mission from the map.

I believe vandread had something like this, but even if not I wanted to add it in. it would something similar to the “TALK” order where they girls say something in a 1 on 1 conversation with Jeo. It can be about anything Phia talking about to past sex fling or whatever, just stuff to help explain the personality of the characters. so if you have any ideas for conversations with each girl and Jeo please post them. I will be adding those in today hopefully. and can do some testing on my end.

below are current screenshots:

you can see below the “RECOVER” option added to orders and the MAP added.

This is not the most graceful way to do the map but it is functional. and that is all I was going for so far. I might take off the colors though and just have all the buttons blue. I assume people would need to read to play this game effectively anyway.

I “died” on a exploration run with Bri so now she is injured and her status is blacked/greyed out.

Bri recovered after giver her some recover orders! Now she can continue being worried about everything

Facing the full force of the GemCo fleet without any battle preparation (especially on hard mode) is not a good idea. Here I am about to get blasted in 4 seconds right at the start of the battle. And this is without the Boss Ship

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Ari: Some friends of mine back home say we make a good couple… Jeo! Are you listening?
Ari: Jeo, next time you see Phia tell her to stop taking stuff. I can’t even find my comb!

Phia: So far so good sweetie. we aren’t dead so that is a plus right ?
Phia: Mmm Bri is so cute to play with. I’m going to find her right now.

TT: no time to start slacking Jeo. By they way you haven’t seen any smut novels laying around have you? They are not mines of course but I was looking for them for.. uh.. Phia!
TT: Hey Jeo were you informed of the joke about the contripulator plugging into the mosulatiotrometer? It was hilarious!

Thanks I’ll probably use the stuff that is talking about one of the other main girls and non specific stuff for this update because it will be tricky to code it in such a way there you maybe have one character on board the ship but not another. I’ll have to come back to the rest after the next update.

getting a character’s take on another character is interesting though.

-Hey I know were busy and all but could you do me a favor and not send me and Bri out for a while… got to discuss strategies and stuff, y’know?
-Y’know we dont NEED to talk, there’s a bed right there… No? Well alright have it your way….
-Haha! I just *inhale* I just… walked past TT’s room and she’s *Haha* watching the stupidest cartoon shit. *Haha* Hang on… let me catch my breath.
-Jeo! Jeo! Come on you, me and Remi, six pm in the storage room (I don’t know where you’re setting that scene so I just put that as a placeholder) If you don’t show he’s gonna get me all to himself.
-So does that goo thingy fuck? I mean it looks alright but I thought I’d check first. Huh? What’s that look? Nobody is that easy Jeo!
-Hey, have you seen Bri yet today? *Snicker* Oh man… just… just make sure you see her today. (Refers to a Bri line later)
-Y’know I got this job by sneaking into a C.O.’s quarters to suck him off. Apparently I was the first to ever get past their security without any equipment, also I suck like… well me, so yeah I got in pretty easy.

-I know you have your condition but… could you keep it down when your with the others? It makes it really hard for me to meditate…
-Yo Yo homedawg slice boy gee! ….J-Jeo?! I just asked Phia if she could help me sound more normal, that’s all… please stop laughing so hard!
-How good were you? Well your piloting is… you didn’t mean that?…. OH! Um… well you’re just fine… On a scale of one to ten? I guess I’d say… a five… J-Jeo?! Don’t be sad! It’s not your fault! The guys I’m used to are just a bit bigger, that’s not… Jeo! Oh no, can someone help?! The commander just passed out!
-Did you have to cum so much into me last time? It kept dripping out for the rest of the day and then I had to ask Phia about borrowing her birth control and she gave me THAT look… so awkward…

-When I gained my power I couldn’t handle it… my repressed emotions just all lashed out at once… I killed all the practitioners and the other hopefuls. I razed four city blocks before law enforcement arrived but I crushed them all into jellied slabs of flesh too. I couldn’t tell the difference between those who spited me and the innocents, so I just killed them all. It took a concentrated assault from the main fleet from orbit to bring me back to my human form. So… with that in mind will you stop being such a bitch and let me have some ice cream after diner! (I don’t know Bri’s actual backstory so this may be completely wrong, I could probably edit it so she’s lying instead if that’s the case)

-Phia I told you! – Oh it’s you Jeo… What’s that? No, I don’t feel like having sex right now…
– I know were in a combat zone but I could really use a stiff drink right about now… Don’t look at me like that! I’m like twenty three I can drink if I want!
-Um… so you’ve been cured for a while so… why do you keep fucking us… actually never mind, that was a pretty stupid question.

TT

-My nickname? I got that back in college, stands for triple tyrannosaurus. See back then I was really into robotics so I tried making three robot T-rexes. They worked pretty well, until they destroyed half the campus, but that’s what got me hired into this division so I guess that’s a bright side…. I’m kidding Jeo it stands for Tiffany Thompson.
-Perhaps if I… wait that’s perfect!- no wait… that violates interplanetary law… *sigh* Oh hey Jeo… hows it going?
-I was listening to Phia babbling a while ago about sex and she gave me an idea… If we can harness libido and transform it into Khalei energy, our ships could be made unstopable! Well at least Phia’s would be and… maybe you.
-Talk? Are you sure? You look pretty weak… listen you can always come to me if Phia isn’t able to help you. Nobody wants you dying on us…
-Jeo, just who I wanted to see! I think I have a solution to your condition! See if we just hook your manhood to the ship’s sub batter and run a…. Jeo? Jeo where did you go?

Nice job with Bri I just slightly changed up the lines in places, like instead of saying a specific age, she just says that she is not a child. Her automatically assuming Phia is approaching her is funny.

TT is on point also, it is actually amazing to me that these lines can be crafted with just the few little lines in the version of the game I released so far heh. loved the College story

I didn’t get to see what life was like outside the lab till a few years ago.

Sometimes, I’ll see shadows staring at me.

My Dad and Moms tell me I’m unique.

When I sleep… I sometimes hear names being whispered. Does the name Gheist mean anything to you?

I had a nightmare once… about a pink haired girl being murdered.

Ari… is like a big sister… She’s always angry at Phia when she teaches me about being a woman.

She doesn’t say it… but Ari’s heart hurts alot when She looks at you. Yet your heart doesn’t do anything when you look at her. Is that the difference between a man and woman?

I want to believe there is more to you then darkness… You must care about someone atleast?

I kinda wish you didn’t need to have sex with us to fight properly… It just feels empty with you. -Jeo proceeds to anal Bri for her impudence!-

Phia is alot of fun… when she isn’t playing with my naughty spot.

TT knows so much about pretty much anything… She can talk for hours if you let her.

I only met a Gemco Elite once… Her power was almost like I couldn’t breath.

Do you think If Cia comes to me I’ll fill out like Phia and Ari?

-Stracraft reference
En Taro Adun… I don’t know what it means

TT

Doctor who reference
Greetings Jeo, I was just about to reverse the polarity of the Neutron flow

Ghostbusters reference
So I asked “what do you mean by Bad?” and she said “Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.” That would be total protonic reversal or in laymans terms… Bad.

You do have impressive combat capabilities, I suppose that makes up for your other faults.

I doubt Gemco sees you as much of a threat. If they wanted you dead. They’d have sent a veteran agent who outclasses your combat capabilities.. Not an admiral’s daughter with her newly formed team. Hmmm so it seems your ego is your weakness.

Ari has great potential, she might even make Elite… but her emotional state hinders her. a few years of combat duty will hammer that out.

Bri actually spikes in the ranges some of the Elites… but she lacks the killing intent and experience to utilize that power.

If we were to encounter an Elite… My first suggestion is to sacrifice all non essential fleet personal and vessels in a staling action as we retreat. Failing that are only hope is Phia is capable of seducing the enemy to our side.

I once used Phia to test out a set of new combat droids… I had modeled them on the Greek Minotaur… even giving them a penis for interrogation purposes. Generally just the threat of Sexual violence is enough to get people to talk. Unfortunately Phia broke the set of them in under an hour.

If your wondering about the cyborg ‘Horse’ bottom over there… I’m testing a new punishment device. In the event we start taking prisoners that need to talk… Or I and Phia need something with a little more thickness.

You were in Nanako? Is Alma still there? … You mean she never had relations with you? Strange Alma use to be like Phia when she was younger. Perhaps I should go see her.

Bri’s underdevelopment is due to her growing process. Bri was put together in a tube cell by cell. I believe she’s modeled on The head scientist Cousin’s Daughter. She’s the only one that survived to the infant stage sadly.

Ari is what you’d call a textbook military brat. Hence her rather sheltered and stunted emotional growth. I can see why she was easy prey for you.

Phia hides her intelligence under her sexual appetite… she’s quite similar to you in that respect.

Are you sure… I detect residual Khalei influences on your brainwaves. are you sure there was no one outside of the people you listed who could have a Khalei signature strong enough to influence your mind?

I do hope we encounter alien life… I wish to document Phia’s attempts to mate with one.

Nice I think you nailed TT down perfectly, I didn’t add the like about calling Ari a brat. Do think she would make a similar statement but maybe not use that wording.

Very clever use of hinting at other from other parts of story with Bri I like it

i have about 20 lines for each girl that should be good for now. can always add more stuff later. maybe 50 each would be ideal I think. I would need to see how many days pass on average on a complete playthrough with all these changes.

“Military Brat” isn’t so much an insult its just kinda of an acknowledgement of a life style

Kids who are in military families tend not to have the same adjustment socially as others. Either due to constant moving or having a more sheltered environment -The School on the base is run a hell of alot different then one in public.-

I wish I knew the characters well enough to give some good lines, but I do have an idea or two.
Have recent event-based dialogue. For example, after an ally is incapacitated have the other characters worry for her safety or get angry at whomever harmed her.
Another example would be like reminders of lack of resources in case you’re running out or you’ve been low for a while. OR they could recommend upgrades/purchases that have been either neglected or imperative for the future, like bombs.
Basically I can only think of a hidden hint-system for dialogue, but still. Hope I contributed something XD

They do mention some current status based dialogue for example, when they are hungry, if you talk to them normally. They mention some other things also but I forgot. Other stuff status based dialogue will probably have to wait till later as it is more complex to code than it may seem.

Oh yeah, I forgot coding was a thing XD
I feel like you might be able to get around a lot of coding by setting it to something like “after this boss is killed, character uses dialogue line 41” or whatever XD
Either way, I don’t want you doing any unnecessary work so if that’s too annoying for too little pay off then forget I said anything XD

That is kind of how it works now. well I have it going to random line and if you don’t meet the conditions, it’ll choose another random line instead, until you land on a line where you meet the conditions (if any)

I know very little to nothing about code, so I have no idea how painfully tedious various things will be. I just kind of throw ideas out there and hope they’re easy. Like having the girls reveal backstory or confide in you after certain stats are met. That would be interesting, but also probably annoying to do XD

Right now I want to prioritize getting gameplay functionality done and finish graphic related stuff first before I potentially add in more story elements. Currently there is a lot to learn about the girls so far from their various interactions with Jeo. I think that is good enough for now. But I’m also not sure on making any of the girls confide in him in the way that you described. I don’t think we would really care or Phia, TT, or Bri would even bother to tell him. Jeo is solely focused on his revenge plot and clearing his name. possibly his character flaw. He would know much about Arielle already.

I thought about that earlier, because able to choose the gender for Jeo, something like mass effect I guess. but all the animations I have Jeo are male. Plus it would collide with umichan stuff since he is male in there also.